Covid-19 has made the job of levelling up the UK much harder than it was a year ago. While the Government grapples with the economic and public health effects of the pandemic, many of the policies planned to grow cities’ and towns’ economies – from the devolution white paper to the Green Book review – have been postponed.
So what does the future hold for the levelling up agenda and the people and places it was intended to help?
To get a sense of this Andrew Carter spoke to local and national politicians from the two main political parties:
City Talks: The UK’s towns tsar
City Minutes: Key races in the 2024 Metro mayor elections
City Minutes: Why mayoral elections matter
City Minutes: The geography of charitable giving in the UK
City Minutes: The latest data on economic performance across the UK
City Minutes: How places have fared since 2010
City Talks: Are we seeing the arrival of the post-retail High Street?
City Leaders: Cllr Huw Thomas, Leader of Cardiff City Council
City Leaders: Cllr Mike Ross, Leader of Hull City Council
City Talks: Will the North rise again?
City Leaders: Cllr Jane Mudd, leader of Newport City Council
City Leaders: John Stevenson MP, Chair of the Northern Research Group
City Minutes: Should more people use public transport to get to work in UK cities?
City Leaders: Mayor Marvin Rees
City Leaders: Mayor Steve Rotheram
City Minutes: What should the next phase of devolution look like?
City Minutes: Why Glasgow should implement bus franchising
City Minutes: Housing, urban transport, and cities versus towns at party conferences
City Minutes: Do Manchester and Birmingham city centres spread prosperity?
City Minutes: Where to find the melting pots of the new economy
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